BIPM and Global ACI Renew Agreement to Strengthen Collaboration
A newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the BIPM and the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated (Global ACI) reaffirms their commitment to strengthening cooperation between metrology and accreditation and coordinating activities relating to national and international measurement infrastructure.
Photo: Annette Koo, Director of the BIPM (left), and Brahim Houla, Chair of Global ACI (right), presenting the agreement signed by correspondence on 21 and 22 October 2026. | Photo credits: © UNIDO 2026.
This signing follows the establishment of Global ACI, which assumed the roles of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) on 1 January 2026. The MoU updates and replaces the previous agreement signed in 2023 between the BIPM and ILAC.
Context
The renewed MoU builds on the long-standing cooperation between the BIPM and ILAC, now continued with Global ACI.
Areas of shared interest include:
- Cooperation relating to mutual and multilateral recognition arrangements,
- Regional collaboration, and
- Digital transformation, particularly through the SI Digital Framework.
The organizations also collaborate through the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) and the Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM).